Enfocus solves PDF missing fonts problem with PitStop Font Fix

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Press release from the issuing company

Promotion exchanges new plug-in for social media shout-out

Ghent, Belgium - Enfocus today announces PitStop FontFix, the new Adobe® Acrobat® Pro and Standard plug-in that checks and replaces fonts missing from PDF files. PDF is an extremely popular file format used by a wide range of markets worldwide, including graphic arts, government, corporate, office, financial and medical. To celebrate the release, Enfocus is making the Font Fix solution available to customers for free. To get their copy, customers simply share their thoughts on social media.

PitStop Font Fix is the result of an agreement between Enfocus, the leading software developer of tools to control the quality of PDF files, and Monotype, aleading global provider of typefaces, technology and expertise. With the new PitStop Font Fix plug-in, users can check their PDFs for missing fonts and make simple corrections. If fonts are missing, users can simply embed them from fonts available on their computer system, or by downloading them from Monotype Baseline™, a cloud-based font library.As PDF files have grown in popularity, so has the problem of missing fonts. Users in all of these markets experience the challenge that comes from managing a PDF file that is missing correct fonts.

Download and install the plugin (Macintosh and Windows) into Adobe®Acrobat® Pro or Adobe® Acrobat® Standard.

Once users have installed the plug-in and registered for a free Monotype Baseline™ account, they can embed as many local system fonts as they want . By creating an account on the Monotype Baseline™ platform, users get access to a massive font library. This Monotype library holds over 60,000 fonts of various types, including Adobe Type 1 fonts. As a start, users receive 10 free tokens enabling them to embed 10 fonts absolutely free of charge. After that, additional fonts can be purchased via the Monotype website at $0.39 per font. This exceptional promotional offer is valid until the last day of this year.